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Allacci (no doubt an error for 1613).
2. Il pastor fido. Venetia, A. de Vecchi, 1612.
*Cambridge, University Library: S*.6.68(G).
FirstSearch. Bruni & Evans.
3. [Pastor fido: Italian & French]. Il pastor fido, le berger fidelle, faict italien et
françois pour l‟utilité de ceux qui desirent apprandre les deux langues. A Paris, chez
Matthieu Guillemot au Palais en la gallerie des prisonniers, 1612, 12º. Ff. [12], 341
[i.e. 310].
*Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine: 8º 44886 („la date est douteuse‟).
In theory a new edition of 1610/4, the date on the engraved title-page being clumsily
altered from 1610. But if the date was intended to be 1612, there would have been no
need to alter the second „1‟ and it is the ambiguity of the alteration which has given
rise to the date being read as both 1612 and 1622. Listed by Whitfield and by Michel
(„la date est douteuse; certains lisent: 1622‟) but disputed by Strauch Ngatoum, who
points out that Matthieu [I] Guillemot died in 1610; she assigns it rather to Matthieu
[II] Guillemot with the date 1622 (see 1622/2). The Mazarine‟s on-line catalogue is
itself muddled, adding, in a confused echo of Michel, but non-sensically, „certains
lisent 1612‟!
1613
1. La idropica. In Venetia, appresso Gio. Batt. Ciotti, M.D.C.XIII, 8º. Ff. [8], 87,
[1].
Bodleian: Mason L.54. Taylorian: 102.B.37. BL: 163.f.2. *BNF (2 copies):
Yd.4207, 8º Yth.51094 (lacking the errata leaf). *BNFRichelieu (2 copies): 8º
Re.3906 and 3907.
The title-page, which is partly engraved, is reproduced in 1950/1 and in 1971/1. The
4-page dedication, to Cesare d‟Este, is by Gregorio de‟ Monti, who also signs the
short address A‟ benigni lettori. The licenza is dated 22 June 1613, the work was
registered on 5 July, and the dedication is dated 4 October 1613. The final,
unnumbered leaf bears a list of errata (verso blank).
ICCU. FirstSearch. Michel. Italian books 1601-1700, reel 123, item 3.